No, they cannot. I have the VSX53 and this is one thing that I am very disappointed about. With my old HK, I could set different levels for different inputs but with the Pioneer Elite, I cannot. I have to turn the volume for movies and video way up but if I switch over to tuner with it at that level, I almost bust my eardrums. You would think that Pioneer Elite would take some hints from some of their competitors.
Of course you have to turn up the volume for movies as you are asking the receiver to drive 5 or more channels at a high sound level. There is nothing unusual in that. Just turn it up! What's the fuss about? Jeez.
I guess you've never switched from CD/DVD/TV to tuner and been blasted out of the room. The tuner is rediculously loud for a receiver of this caliber. Wonderful receiver, just needs input level adjustments.
This is not a subject for us Elite owners to argue about and that's not my intention. After all I've had enough arguements on this site with fans of other brands[ie.Yamaha] to argue with those intelligent enough to buy Elite's but I will say that after owning one of these great receivers for a time I would think one would know to turn the volume down before switching to another input that is louder. Every receiver I have owned[lots] has been this way. If I could pick one feature I wish Elite would include it would be a rec out selector. I do miss that from my past Onkyo, Denon and even Yamaha's.
correct me if im wrong , but you can set movie or music surround at differnt levels on the 53tx. the you +or- the 6 or 8 channels to match the switching inputs
I have both a Pioneer Elite 49TXi and an Aragon Stage One pre-amp (in my 2 set-ups)and I normally fiddle with the volume for whatever component or recording I am listening to as they all sound better to me at different volumes (probably due to the way they were recorded, the difference in attached component load (whether cd player, dvd player, turntable, tuner, etc), or the broadcast anomalies.
To be honest I never even thought of it as an issue or problem--other than when watching programs on tv the commercials are often a lot louder.